orch. by Maurice Peress

  • 3(III:pic,afl).2+ca.2+bcl.3(III:cbn).asx(barsx)/4.4.3.1/timp.2perc.dmkit/hp/str.jazzdb
  • 18 min
    • 8th February 2025, Lincoln Center of Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
    • 3rd May 2025, Lincoln Center of Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
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Reviews

Peress made the famous prayer “Come Sunday” — which no Black, Brown and Beige suite could credibly ignore — the centerpiece as well as the coda…

Richard S. Ginell, Classical Voice North America
26th January 2022
Maurice Peress conducted Duke Ellington's BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE, a work [Ellington] composed for the first concert his band gave at Carnegie Hall in 1943. Hearing it, one realizes again Ellington's great gift for melody. A work may be both emphatic and lovely at the same time. You hear a tune that is clearly patriotic-the premiere was during World War II-and tunes that are sweet and swinging. The performance was crisp and evocative.
Associated Press

Discography

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  • Label
    Musical Heritage Society
  • Catalogue Number
    MHS 512335T
  • Conductor
    Maurice Peress
  • Ensemble
    American Composers Orchestra
  • Soloist
    Frank Wess, alto saxophone
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  • Label
    Musicmasters
  • Catalogue Number
    Musicmasters MMD 60176L